Flora of the Faroe Islands
The flora of the .
Among the numerous herbaceous flora that occur in the Faroe Islands is the
Forests
There are no native
Four species of willow are still present in the Faroe Islands: Salix herbacea is very common in the mountains, but the other three species: Salix phylicifolia, Salix lanata and Salix arctica are only to be found in a few places, due to heavy grazing by animals. Only one evergreen, Juniperus communis (the prostrate form) grows naturally in the Faroe Islands, and small populations are spread throughout the islands, though for some reason juniper is very common on Svínoy Island.
Introduced species
The extreme oceanic climate, with winds whipping vast quantities of sea salt into the air, makes the islands very unfavourable to trees, though a few species from
plantation in the Faroe Islands.Generally, introduced tree and plant species from the
Lady's Mantle (Alchemilla mollis), first introduced as a garden plant, has become notoriously invasive and hard to get rid of.[3] Though some few localities have met with success in combating it, it seems to spread further every year, eliciting fears that it might exterminate some of the local flora if drastic measures are not taken.
References
- ^ C. Michael Hogan. 2009 Marsh Thistle: Cirsium palustre, GlobalTwitcher, ed. N. Stromberg Archived December 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Højgaard, A., J. Jóhansen, and S. Ødum (eds) 1989. A century of tree planting in the Faroe Islands. Føroya Frodskaparfelag, Torshavn.
- ^ "BLÓMUR / BLOMSTER / FLOWERS". www.jenskjeld.info. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
Further reading
- Warming, E. ed. (1901-1908) Botany of the Faeroes - based upon Danish investigations, vol. I-III. Copenhagen and London.
- Degelius, Gunnar. Notes on the Lichen Flora of the Faroe Islands. 1966.
- Irvine, David E. G., Ian Tittley, W. F. Farnham, Peter W. G. Gray, and James H. Price. Seaweeds of the Faroes. London: British Museum (Natural History), 1982.
- Lewinsky, Jette, and Jóhannes Jóhansen. The Vegetation and Bryophyte Flora of the Faroe Islands (Denmark) Excursion Guide. Berlin: XIV International Botanical Congress, 1987.